BANGLADESH NEWS
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Wednesday said State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku should apologise to the public for advising journalists to keep a “safe distance" from police while collecting news.
The Gono Forum president said this at an award giving ceremony of Bangladesh Centre for Development, Journalism and Communication (BCDJC) and Unesco in the capital.
“I have freedom of speech, and of moving liberally. Shall I move to and fro on seeing the police? Shall I sneak to the roadside to avert them? Such a statement cannot come from a minister. The minister should apologise to the people,” private television channel ATN Bangla quoted Hossain as saying.
The advice for journalists to stay clear of cops came from Tuku on Tuesday when newsmen asked him about the recent assault on journalists, including three photojournalists of the Bangla daily Prothom Alo by police.
“I will tell my journalist friends that they can avoid such unwanted incidents if they collect news or take photos through keeping a safe distance [from police]. I hope you [journalists] will consider it,” he told reporters after attending a seminar.
Miscreants stabbed two journalists of online news portal bdnews24.com and injured several others on the ground floor of its office in the capital's Mohakhali on Monday night.
Earlier on May 26, policemen assaulted three on-duty photojournalists of Prothom Alo, hurled expletives at them and took away their cameras at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city.
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